Chapter Thirty-Nine: Substitute Training Gunners

Perak Island is actually the small island on the north side of Nanri Island that was used as a test artillery field by the sea wolf, and it was not called Perak Island before, but because it was used as a test artillery field by the sea wolf, the cannon rumbled there every day, like thunderbolt rolling thunder, so it was renamed Perak Island.

Yu Xiaotian had already instructed that the place where Yan Siqi would train the gunners on behalf of him was placed on Perak Island, so that Yan Siqi's subordinates could receive training as soon as possible, and they could avoid them from peeking too much on Nanri Island that Yu Xiaotian didn't want them to see, so in the past few days, the council hall had already arranged everything over there and set up more than a dozen tents for their temporary camp.

At the same time, more than ten gunners were dispatched from the sailors to serve as their instructors to teach them the experience of operating cannons, of course, the so-called teaching is also a one-hand, only teaching them how to operate cannons, but the deeper principles will not be passed on to them, which the sea wolves will not be confused.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian agreed to train gunners for them this time was not because Yu Xiaotian was generous, but because Yan Siqi gave him an extra 5,000 taels of silver this time, and purchased an additional batch of six-pounder guns and ammunition for tiger squat cannons and exterminators.

Yan Siqi and others used the samples provided by Xiaotian, and after a test shot, they found that the gunpowder provided to them by the sea wolf was far more powerful in quality and power than the gunpowder they usually used, although it was all black powder, but their own gunpowder emitted black smoke very strongly, and the gunpowder smoke of the sea wolf was relatively light in color, and the burning was quite sufficient, and the gunpowder produced by the sea wolf was much better than the gunpowder they used themselves with the same weight of gunpowder.

In addition, the shells of the sea wolf are specially cast, and after rough grinding, and the tolerance of the inner diameter of the gun chamber is controlled relatively well, Yan Siqi found that the sea wolf used this specially cast solid shell can be easily directly loaded into the gun chamber, with a long range, high precision, great power, compared to their own cast shells, the error is very large, either it cannot be loaded into the gun chamber, or it is too small, which also makes him better understand that the sea wolf is really strong in casting cannons, The details are much better than theirs.

And the so-called cannons they used before, the shells were all cast in simple workshops, including scattered bullets, and they were all directly used messy stones, broken porcelain, broken iron and other things, and the power at close range was acceptable, but they couldn't fly far, and they couldn't hit accurately, so he had to endure the pain and buy some ammunition from the sea wolf to meet the needs of these artillery.

Among the extra five thousand taels of silver, part of it was regarded as the training fee for the sea wolf, so Yu Xiaotian happily agreed to train some gunners for him, so that they could master the skills of using these cannons.

Now that Yan Siqi and Zheng Yiguan have made such a fuss, there is no possibility of peace again, and the two sides will definitely fight next, and it is more in line with Yu Xiaotian's interests to arm Yan Siqi to deal with Zheng Yiguan, and fighting a proxy war is the best choice for him at the moment.

In fact, there is not necessarily anything in this world, you have to do it yourself, to fight with the people, many wars in history, in fact, are not the hostile sides of the war to fight, behind them often one or both sides are standing a giant, manipulating their puppets to carry out wars, for their own greater benefits, but do not have to pay too much price.

Now although Yan Siqi cannot be regarded as his puppet of Yu Xiaotian, to some extent, he should be regarded as his ally for the time being, but the status of the two sides is not equal, Yan Siqi has a request for Yu Xiaotian, but Yu Xiaotian is the person behind the scenes, and Yan Siqi needs to jump to the front desk to be an enemy of Zheng Yiguan.

It's really impermanent! In the normal time and space in history, Zheng Yiguan should be Yan Siqi's successor, but because of Yu Xiaotian's unexpected appearance, it caused Yan Siqi to change his fate and did not die of a violent illness, but it caused Zheng Yiguan to become his enemy.

Now that things have developed to such a point, Yu Xiaotian is happy to let Yan Siqi help him deal with Zheng Yiguan, in this time and space, he has invisibly regarded Zheng Yiguan as one of his biggest enemies, this person is smart, ruthless, unscrupulous, and has extremely strong strength, as long as he is still at sea, then sooner or later, he will have to face a head-on challenge from this person.

He didn't want to see this person rise too quickly, and even hoped that this person would never rise, so for this reason, it was necessary for him to set up some enemies to put a few stumbling blocks in his way.

Undoubtedly, Yan Siqi is a very good choice, this person has courage and a certain strength, he happens to be the former boss of Zheng Yiguan, his identity is very special, he is the enemy of Zheng Yiguan, morally it will make Zheng Yiguan very passive, if Yan Siqi's strength is stronger, then Zheng Yiguan wants to rise as quickly as in the original historical time and space in a short time, it will cause a lot of trouble, and it can even be said to be disgusting.

So Yu Xiaotian is happy to help Yan Siqi a little more now, let Yan Siqi act as his agent first, fight with Zheng Yiguan, and wait until he has free up his hands and energy, and it is not too late to turn around and clean up Zheng Yiguan.

Now that Yan Siqi wants him to help train some gunners, Yu Xiaotian will naturally not object to this matter, so when Chen Xun made this request to him on behalf of Yan Siqi, he immediately agreed.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian can also make money by doing this, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, which not only meets Yan Siqi's needs, but also meets his needs, and the output of the technique can also be exchanged for money, as long as it is controlled well, there will be no threat to him.

Therefore, this time Chen Xun brought people over, Yu Xiaotian was very enthusiastic about them, although he ignored them because Lan'er gave birth to a child, but Luo Xianbin, who came back with the ship, still informed the council hall of Xiaotian's instructions, and the council hall immediately began to make arrangements, and did not snub Chen Xun's gang.

During the Spring Festival, a news began to circulate on the sea in the entire Liangguang area of Fujian, that is, Zheng Yiguan, as Yan Siqi's subordinate, actually committed a crime and secretly tried to intercept his boss's silver taels, and fled after defeat.

As the saying goes, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, Zheng Yiguan's kind of action, immediately committed a taboo among his peers, although when a pirate, big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimp is a matter of course, it has always been common for the younger brother to overthrow the boss in the pirates, but this kind of thing is a taboo on the rivers and lakes after all, and if it is successful, it will be looked down upon.

So for a while, Zheng Yiguan's reputation suddenly became a big stink among pirates, and many people were reluctant to deal with him anymore.

After Zheng Yiguan escaped from Bengang with his men, he ran to Nanyu Island in Penghu and used it as his temporary camp.

Although the Penghu Islands desperately drove the red-haired people away, but after the end of the Battle of Penghu, did not garrison in Penghu for a long time, the Penghu Inspection Department is actually still like a fictitious, every year is only in the summer, send a small number of officers and military patrol ships to this area to carry out activities, stationed for a few months, then withdrawn to the land, most of the year here is not stationed here Ming army.

And Nanyu Island is the southernmost island in the Penghu Islands, the area is not too small, about seven square kilometers, there are several natural harbors for ships to dock and shelter from the wind, and there are fresh water resources on the island, which can be used for people to drink, the natural conditions are good, but due to the decline of the Ming Dynasty's strength, the control of Penghu is getting smaller and smaller, Nanyu Island has long been ungarrisoned, even if the flood soldiers go to Penghu to patrol in summer, they are rarely concerned here.

So now, after Zheng Yiguan escaped from Bengang, he regarded this place as his temporary lair, and the government didn't know anything about it for a while, even if the government knew about it, because it was far away from the land, and it was not able to attack it in a short time, not to mention that now because of the sea wolf, the government didn't pay much attention to this area.

This enabled Zheng Yiguan to find a temporary nest at sea and did not become a lost dog.

Although the conditions of Nanyu Island are also good, after all, the pattern is too small, only a few square kilometers, which cannot meet Zheng Yiguan's needs at all, so this place can only be used as a temporary old camp by Zheng Yiguan, and he must find a way to find a more suitable place to stay.

Originally, Zheng Yiguan's original plan was to replace Yan Siqi one day and take the Bengang area as his old camp, so that he could not only do business here in the future, but also conveniently go out to the mainland coast to plunder, which was a good choice, and provided a stable rear base for him to gain a foothold on the Daming coast in the future.

But he didn't expect that once he was careless, he almost lost all the games, and his behavior would be suddenly exposed, so that he had to make a quick decision, abandon Bengang and flee there with his men, and hide on the small island of Nanyu Island to avoid the limelight.

After Zheng Python failed in the ambush of Yan Siqi's silver ship, he fled with two of his ships, and he didn't even dare to return to Bengang along the way, so he fled directly to Nanyu Island, the temporary old camp they occupied.

As soon as Zheng Python arrived on Nanyu Island, Zheng Yiguan hurriedly fled here with his subordinates from Bengang and Zheng Python.

It was only at this time that Zheng Yiguan learned the details of this incident, and as he expected, the fleet that suddenly appeared was the fleet of Yu Xiaotian Sea Wolf, and the appearance of this fleet completely disrupted his original plan and ruined his good deeds.

For this reason, Zheng Yiguan immediately hated Xiaotian, if it weren't for Yu Xiaotian's fleet suddenly inserting a lever, he would be able to easily get Yan Siqi's silver ship this time, forcing Yan Siqi into a corner.

Once Yan Siqi loses these 40,000 taels of silver, his strength will definitely decline, and he will definitely not be able to get so much silver to buy artillery guns in a short period of time, if he forcibly continues to buy artillery guns, then he will have no money to pay his subordinates, and he only needs to send someone to seal the channel for Yan Siqi's men to go to sea, and he can trap Yan Siqi to death in Bengang.

At that time, Yan Siqi will not have the money to pay his subordinates, he only needs to take the opportunity to give favors, and Yan Siqi's original subordinates will fall to his side in a big way, and even if he does not kill Yan Siqi, Yan Siqi will no longer be the boss, and he can rightfully inherit Yan Siqi's position and bring Bengang into his hands.

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